DieselTech

You buying one? Lmao I heard they are cheap!!! Yeah I been following some of these machines on hightex channel. When your machine needs a air assisted needle cooler you are moving some material. Smoking Thread!

I would get some 3.5mm x .6mm thread pitch screws & try them. If they don't fit, buy a 3.5mm x .6mm pitch tap & re-thread them.

Look good. Nice work.

I been meaning to make a pair of snake gaiters for when out metal detecting in the woods. I was going to use some 12+oz real elephant hide, I heard & have read it is the most puncture resistant of any other leathers. As far as a pattern, I was going to use some heavy poster board to come up with a pattern.

Nice work. It looks great.

Looks nice. Great work.

I am going to say it is pebbled calfskin, like the RMG Pomari. This is a 3oz leather. Or something like a shrunken calfskin. The shrunken calfskin is too heavy at 6oz so it would need to be split down to 2-3oz leather.

I know you said your Keychain is working out OK. But for a flat low profile fastner. Look into Glove Snaps.

I have been buying my poly sewing machine thread thru Thread Exchange. Seemed like good prices to me.

Nice work. Looks great. What did or what is your handle/strap made from?

Looks nice. Great work!

I did get around to beveling the top edge & got it painted. Since it is a heat able edge paint I might hit it with my heated edge machine later tonight. Looks alot better now I think.

Yes it did call for the baseball stitch on the back. I won't lie, I was just being lazy on the back seam. Also I think I used way too heavy of leather, it is is 6oz Seidel Crazy Horse. I am going to try & make a better hat this week by modifying the pattern for more seam allowance. That way it will be easier to machine sew. Or at least I am hoping so. Thanks for sharing your hat. It looks nice. Almost looks like a DieselPunk hat. Thanks for the feed back.

Yes. The top is constructed wrong, per the instructions. I did it that way to simplify the sewing procedure. Also I used the so called hat band to cover my drunk driving sewing. But next time I am going to use the hat band to sew/attach the brim & top it 1 step. Thanks for the vote of confidence.

Another pic.Pic. I need to bevel the top & edge paint it now.

Well it is far from perfect!!! Lmao. I learned alot from this project. All I can say Tandy's pattern is not for machine sewing. It only has 5mm seam allowance, which really is not enough real estate. Might be ugly, but I am pretty happy with it.

Don't know if you care or not. But figured I would mention it. They make a 29k72B or might be a 73 clone, with a 18" arm & big bobbin. It is quite a bit more money thou. Like $850-$950

Thanks. Yeah I am going to use the alignment punch holes that were included & marked on the pattern. Lmao I just don't know how it's going to turn out. I think that very pointed front spot I will have to finish it by hand. Or at least I think.

Super nice & classy!

Thanks. Yeah I quite haven't figured that point part out yet, in my head or how to go about sewing it. I guess I will see how it goes. Lmao at least it's no super high dollar leather, but I hate to waste any type of leather.

When I hand sew with poly, I will pull my thread thru the beeswax block 4-5times. As I am pulling it thru the block it actually starts to cut a groove in the beeswax block. I am usually using poly 346 thread.

If hand sewing with it. Just pull your length of thread thru a block of beeswax. Will straighten it right out.

Are you hand sewing with it? Or machine sewing with it?

Thanks. I almost got all the leather cut out. I am trying to visualize the construction as I go. Trying to learn the steps to sew it together with a machine, versus awl & needle by hand. Thanks.

Basically I am wanting to machine sew this hat. Lmao idk yet if it can be done. Lol at least at my experience level.